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The Dorking Halls was built to house the Festival and opened in 1931;
'Song for a Spring Festival', written by RVW to celebrate the Festival's 50th year, may only be performed at the Festival;
RVW retired as Festival Conductor in 1953, but continued to conduct the St Matthew Passion until 1958;
Whilst living in Dorking, RVW composed works including Serenade to Music, Symphonies 4 - 7 and The Pilgrim's Progress;
RVW conducted the first combined choirs concert at the Festival on 10 May 1905;
The first competition day at the Festival exclusively for children was held in 1921;
In 1934 the BBC broadcast part of the Festival performance of Dream of Gerontius;
The first Festival performance of the St Matthew Passion in 1931 had 800 singers;

In 1982 at the suggestion of William Llewellyn, Festival Conductor from 1981 to 1995, the Festival adopted a policy of offering an annual Leith Hill Award. This goes to a singing student at one of the London music colleges nominated as outstanding by each of the colleges in rotation. The Award takes the form of an engagement with a fee well above the normal student rate. The latest award winner is tenor Guy Elliott, who will be one of the soloists in Mozart's Requiem on Thursday 9th April 2015.